That's true. The ESP8266 does try to reconnect to the AP if the connection broke unexpectly. Maybe you can use command "AT+CWQAP" when the connection broke ("WIFI DISCONNECT"), to let the ESP know that you want it disconnect, then it will not reconnect again.

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